A Moment in the Reeds
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The semi-improvised screenplay offers captivating performances from Janne Puustinen, Boodi Kabbani and Mika Melender. In this tale of gay attraction between a son and a refugee worker, various different types of repression are explored and examined. Sparse but undeniably impactful, the film is produced by UK company Wild Beast Productions.
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A young Finnish man called Leevi (Janne Puustinen) begrudgingly returns home for the summer to help his father (Mika Melender) renovate his lake house. Requiring help with the task, Syrian asylum seeker Tareq (Boodi Kabbani) is hired, with whom Leevi forms a strong and surprising bond.